Sleepy Hollow, FOX's latest genre show, premieres tonight. It's a quirky spin on the classic Washington Irving novela with Ichabod Crane waking up in the present day and teaming up with a sheriff to battle the Headless Horseman and unravel a complex conspiracy. The reviews have been largely positive. The question is whether the show will deliver strong ratings. In its favor, it has a solid lead-in in Bones. Working against it, it is facing off against bi and the premiere ofDancing with the Stars

. Last season, The Mob Doctor premiered in the same time period on Monday, September 17 to a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating. Many thought it would be the first show of the season to get canceled, but it hung on and aired for 13 episodes..

For comparison to other FOX genre shows in the time period , two seasons ago, the two hour premiere of Terra Nova debuted with a strong 3.1 adults 18-49 rating on September 26, 2011. Ratings for subsequent episodes, of course, tumbled and the show was not picked up for a second season. So how do you think Sleepy Hollow will fare tonight?

Above a 3.0. It’s the first big new show to premiere this fall, and people are salivating over something new to watch. Of course tonight will prove nothing, it’s the following weeks that will tell if this show is a success or not.

Victor Hugo

7 millions and 1.6 rating

hello

Optimistic with an 2.6

CraveRecords

When’s the last time FOX debuted a show in the spot that hung around?

I’ll be watching on Hulu tomorrow — Sleepy Hollow and Agents of SHEILD have been on every commercial break for the past week.

Seth

It’s a blah show that will get blah ratings to start – 1.9

Alex

Million Sec-1.1 with 4
Bones -2.4 with 6 mill
Sleepy hallow -2.9-3.1 with 7.5 mill
DWTS- this is a tough one, will be up from last fall and around its spring debut. Plus this season has alot of hype around the cast so I am going with 3.5 with17.5 million

BigBrotherFan

I think it will do around 2.4-2.6

I just don’t think there is a lot of excitement and anticipation here. Nobody was really asking for a show like this. Did the MOD DOCTOR premire after the season premier of BONES? I can’t remember. If it did my prediction stands but if it DIDNT I will lower my prediction to a 2.1